There is a significant learning curve to using SD - Not just in developing the craft of prompting, but recognizing that fine-tuned model choice and tooling choices play a significant role in output quality, and the ability to control the generation process.

The more you abstract control from end users and “do it for them”, the easier generations can be made, at the loss of control. Midjourney is an excellent example of this.

If you want fine-tuned control, SD has an ecosystem that is rapidly accelerating in capabilities.

I’m part of a team building open source toolkit on top of SD, and the power users of our tool have shown themselves to be exceptional in their ability to pull high quality works out of the aether.